Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-14
THE PRINCE LOOKED ON.
WcTORlA'S ELDEST SON WATCHES
THE OUeLLlNG OF A MOB,

the Weary Poiiee-A Day OF Fighting
Around Trafalgar Square, London
Fifty Thousand of the Proietariat beaten
Back-SmaH Hope for ''Unser Fritz
LONDON, Nov. 1.-the question whether
the authorities in this city could have their
way whom they desired, was settled Sunday
after half days fight with that very dan
gerous force, a London mob Commoner
Graham, on behalf of the Socialist. Irish,
Radical, and other London clubs of "Proie-
tariat," a very large element also being
what is called in America the "hoodlum" ele-
ment, had declared that he would address the
crowd in Trafalgar square. As the recent
meetings in that square had become the tor
ror of quiet citizens, who own shops in the
vicinity, and as the authorities thought that
they had gone far enough, Gen. Warren,
police commissioner, promulgated the order
that no meeting should be held there. And
thus the issues we're joined.
Consequently the scenes about Trafalgar
square Sunday have not been equaled since
1860, when the people in attesting their
right to public meeting destroyed the rail
ings of Hyde park. Early in the day 1000
policemen took possession of the square and
its approaches, prepared to hold it and pre-
vent the advertised meeting. Soon the diff
ferent clubs, associations, etc, began to ar
rive, after having marched through the
various districts in which they belonged,
headed by bands of music and flying flags,
banners, streamers, etc These attachments
were composed of Socialists, Radicals,
Irish societies, and few trades
Foot
to the square they were attacked and
dispersed by the police only to reassemble
and press forward later As the crowds be-
came more dense fierce fights were started
between the police and the mob in Northum-
berland avenue, Whitehall Pail Mall and
other adjacent streets, IN which the police
were uniformly victors One detachment
preceded by band succeeded in getting into
the square and bloody fight ensued which
ended finally 10 the repulse of the intruders
and the injury of many persons. With this
detachment was Mr.. K. c. Graham, liberal
member of parliament for Northwest Ian
| AYRSHIRE, who was seriously hurt and subse-
quently arrested on charge Of assaulting
the police.
At 4:S0 n. m. the crowd numbered easily
| 100, 900, and it became perfectly manifest
| that the police were powerleSs 10 dlsper'se
| them that the military was summoned. Ii
| response to this call force of cavalry and
infantry came upon the grounds, but they re
| Trained from charging upon the multitude
| because the people, awel by the presence OF
| the troops had begun TO dispefse and by dust
comparatively few remained
| Two hundred citiztns and forty Of the Pc
| I'M tho n
that took place and ahout fifty of the dis
turbers were arrested, including Burns, thu
| Socialist leader Some OF the mi Grel wer'
well enough to leave the hospitals after the
| wounds had been dressed, while others are $,
| badly hurt that they cannot fully recover 70
weeks 0ne patient in the Charlng eros
| hospital is trrrbly burned with vitriOl whicl
| was sqnirted upon him from a syringe, an,
| another man who is severely cut in the thig'
| and in other places declares that he receive,
his wounds from two policemen, one Of whom
thrust bayonet through his thigh while til,
| other stabbed him with a knife OF knives
Several of the injured policemen are suffer
ing from knife wounds.
1t was noticeable that the crowd. Will
hooting, ieering and eXecrating the police
cheered the military. The infantry Wa
posted in the middle of the square, 8
that the mob should not take possession o
the square..in case they succeeded IL breakin
through the police line. They did not sue
coed in penetrating the police line, how
ever, and it is perhaps fortunate that the,
were prevented, as it is believed that instruC
lions had been given that the riot act shout
be read, and the infantry fire upon the crow
| . tha latf shDr.I1 brock tbrAu
the police Gordon.
A large procession of the rioters arrived a
point near the square by way of st jaime
street Pail Mail about O'Clock, hooting tn
Carlton club rs they passed its house, an,
cheering the Reform club when they reache
its quarters When the crowd reached tn
athenRum) the police barred Itheir furthe
progress and the officers in command shouted
"You can't go any further The crow
pressed on, however and the police charge
upon them with batnRs drawn. The crow
resisted for a moment but the onslaught
police was too mnch for them to resist an
they fell back. The police piled their cui
vigorously, broke down the banners carrie
by the procession and trod upon them. an
soon the mob was in full retreat
On the way back the retreating crowd me
another procession en- route to the squar,
and with this body the fleeing men Feturne,
Upon the arrival Of the augmented crowd :
the scene of the first fight they were met l.
an increased force OF police, and in a surpr,
ingly short space of time the formidable looi
ing mob was scattered in all directions II
life guards then blocked the passage Of Pa
Mall and cleared Carlton House terrace
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